military drill instructor. While trying out for the cymbal section of the band‚ the section leader would make me do numerous humiliating things beyond his authority. He would make me open doors for him‚ lots of exercises with the cymbals or whatever he could think of to embarrass me in front of the other band members during tryouts. One day after school‚ we were participating in tryouts when there were a lot of mistakes made while playing along with band but not by me. As tryouts concluded for the day
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There are many ways that you can fall off a horse. You can fall with grace‚ dismount with style‚ and take a digger with dignity. You can also land face first in the sand‚ landing in such a way that can be best described as a stingray. I was the stingray on that fine July evening. I have also been described as the disgraceful dismount‚ the grit toothed wonder‚ and the dirt consultant. Most people say you have to fall off seven times before you are considered a true rider‚ if that was the case I would
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Sally might have regretted what she said later on or didn’t mean it‚ but I could not forget what was said. Once something has been said it’s hard to forget especially the barbarous words. Well the point is‚ a friend is someone who gives us the freedom to ourselves. One question about Sally and I is why couldn’t things be resolved? There was no solution. This could not be fixed because we couldn’t forgive and forget. I for one could never forget the barbaric things she said nor how easy it was for her
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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe shows a great example of this‚ In the text it states “He heard Ikemefuna cry‚ “My father they have killed me!” as he ran towards him. Dazed with with fear‚ Okonkwo drew his machete and cut him down. He was afraid being thought as weak.(Achebe 61)”. That excerpt from Things Fall Apart describes how Ikemefuna was inhumanely killed by Okonkwo‚ because Okonkwo’s culture would not
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I raised my right army and swore‚ “I‚ state name‚ do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies‚ foreign and domestic; that I will obey the orders of the officers appointed over me‚ according to regulations and the uniform code of military justice. So help me God.” My body tensed as they took my fingerprints to finalize my enlistment with the U.S Army. I was to ship in a couple days that would change my life forever. Little did I know
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was a hot summer day and not a cloud in the sky it was as bright as ever‚ my parents‚grandparents‚ and I were going on a trip from Sioux Falls to Denver and back. We arrived at the airport on time and got on our plane‚ it was a long trip from Sioux Falls to Las Vegas as soon as we got off the plane we were going to wait for an uber‚ but then we saw that you could get a limo so we did that instead. We had a great time back there. We stopped by the gas stop to get some things my grandma tried to get
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How I Learned to Skate Learning something new can be a scary experience. One of the hardest things I have ever done was learning how to skate. We live in Canada‚ and I could not be the only one who did not know how to skate. I have always been a shy person and afraid of the ice; but I decided that skating was an important sport that I should learn. I thought it would be a nice experience and I had friends that were willing to help me. What I did not know was that learning to skate would also
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Frost’s poem describes opportunity and difficulty as the traveler realizes he will miss the experiences he may have encountered on the road not taken. The images described in the poem reflect the difficulty of making choices. For example‚ “I could not travel both” (2) and “long I stood” (3) depict the traveler standing to ponder on which road to take‚ without the option to travel both. These lines show the difficulty behind making such huge life decisions‚ while the tone of the poet gives the
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Separate Spheres of Genders Chinua Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” explores clashing gender roles. The women stay at home cooking and cleaning‚ only to be sold off as brides to their husbands and bear children. Men are active and aggressive‚ fighting wars and providing financially for the family. They have the power to physically beat their wives if they’re behaving unsatisfactorily. In the book‚ the old Ibo proverb “Mother is Supreme” is portrayed when Okonkwo gets exiled to his motherland. This
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Thump. Thump. Thump. The pounding of the door awakened me in the dead of the night. Distinctive voices were calling through the door. I lay in my bed quietly as I heard the footsteps of my mother in the hallway. Lights went a blazing‚ lighting her way‚ some spilling into our room. Then I heard a door open and more feet shuffling into our quiet home. “Police‚” said an unknown voice‚ so loud and so clear. “Put your hands up in the air and get down on the floor.” My mother moved to obey the order
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